Ask, and you shall receive, my friends! Chapter 3 has arrived!
A quick Holocaster call to Brendan revealed that he'd been secretly hoping for Amy to ask if he wanted to help greet Deoxys and was loitering on the same route they'd first battled on.
After quickly stocking up on restorative items in Oldale town (just in case) and reorganizing her team (again, just in case), Amy made her way up route 103 to find her friend.
Brendan was seated by the small pond near the back end of the route, talking to his Sceptile over a pile of Poképuffs.
"Scrr scrr." His Sceptile purred to him. "Scrrerr."
"I mean, yeah, sure, they're pretty cute... but I found one in my shoe once and it really freaked me out. I don't think I could handle having one around." He replied, stuffing a puff into his mouth.
"Screerr." The lizard 'mon nodded.
Amy stared at him. "Brendan, are those even... safe for people? Like, to eat?"
His head turned at the sound of her voice. "Oh! Amy! You're here! I brought extra puffs just in case the alien was hungry, y'know." He got up quickly and dusted himself off. "Alright, let's- oh, wait! Have you named it? You gotta name it first, so we have something to call it by. Name it something cool. Maybe after a movie character or something."
"... Alright... It doesn't have a name yet... Do you have any suggestions? I don't really watch a lot of movies..." Amy braced herself for the inevitable onslaught of Brendan's 'cool names'.
"Hm..." He rubbed his chin. "Well, you watch the Hoenn Rangers, right? Maybe it would be cool to name it after something from that show. That alien dude who invaded the planet in that one story arc with the big space-board, he had a cool name. It was like, Norn Plaid, or something."
"Brendan, I'm not naming my Deoxys Norn Plaid." Amy sighed. "We're trying to make it happy. Not give it a reason to hate us."
"Alright, fine. You asked for my suggestions." He huffed. "How about we just name it something similar? Like... I dunno, Norrin or something. I was gonna say Norman, but he's your dad and that would be weird."
Amy was silent for a few moments, contemplating the name. It fit. Ten points for Brendan.
"Norrin it is, then." She smiled, plucking the ball holding the space 'mon out of her bag.
"Yeah, nice! I named your Pokémon! C'mon, let it out so we can say hi!" Brendan was practically vibrating with excitement.
"Welcome to earth, Norrin!" Amy called, tossing the ball in the air.
"... Amy... Amy, this is really freaking me out..." Brendan whispered from behind his Sceptile. "Like... it's really freaking me out now. It was kinda weird at first, but now it's-"
"I know, you said." Amy replied, watching Norrin. "It's really freaking you out."
The Deoxys had emerged from the Pokéball as any Pokémon would: with a small stretch and a look around. After it had done that, however, it had floated in the air and just stared. Unblinkingly. For 10 minutes. Amy had tried to talk to it and offer it a puff, but the alien made no move to respond or investigate the green cupcake being presented to it.
"... I don't think this introduction is going as well as we hoped it would." Amy muttered to herself.
"Maybe it just doesn't like green puffs," Brendan whispered, "and we should ju- OH ARCEUS IT'SMOVINGAMYLOOK!"
Amy quickly directed her attention back to the alien to see it slowly lower itself into a sitting position in the grass.
And then it stopped moving again, save for a slight shiver every few seconds.
"... Amy, why did it do that? What is it doing?" Brendan squeaked, shuffling closer to his friend.
"Is it... shivering?" Amy wondered. "It's not even cold here. Especially not compared to space."
The sudden comparison of Hoenn to space sparked a sudden realization in Amy's head.
"... Brendan. Norrin is from space. Your dad said it was a space virus. Space is all it's ever known. I think we've accidentally overwhelmed it..."
Sure enough, at closer inspection, the alien's eyes seemed a little wider and more confused than when Amy fought it in orbit with Rayquaza. It was scared.
"So... Norrin is actually just freaking out really quietly?" Brendan inquired, daring to inch out from behind his Pokémon.
"... Yeah. It is." Amy frowned, and after a few moments, elected to recall the terrified space 'mon back into its Pokéball.
"Maybe we should try again tomorrow. Give Norrin a bit of time to go over all this new information." Brendan recommended. "I feel kinda bad for scaring it like that, but I guess it's better than if you just threw it into a battle."
Amy nodded. "Yeah. Maybe it'll be a little friendlier tomorrow. More relaxed. Make sure not to eat all the Poképuffs by then."
"As if I would!" Her friend huffed, crossing his arms. "We have to make it up to Norrin for scaring it with our beautiful landscape! How could we do that with no Poképuffs?"
The two of them shared a laugh and packed up what remained of Brendan's small Poké-picnic, discussing the various things they'd show to the alien 'mon when the culture shock wore off. The list included, but was not limited to: the ocean (and, by extension, the beach), the Lilycove department store, super training, Rubix cubes, various magic tricks Brendan had learned (Amy had rolled her eyes, but was secretly looking forward to seeing how Norrin would react), horticulture, and, of course, the other Pokémon on their teams.
"Hey... speaking of Pokémon teams, who do you have on yours right now?" Brendan asked.
"Right now? I've got two legendaries, my starter, and two of my tougher usual teammates. I kind of beefed it up, in case Norrin went nuts..."Amy replied. "I'm glad I didn't need them."
"That sounds pretty tough!" Brendan smirked. "You think you'd give us a battle? I wasn't kidding when I said I wanted to see Hoenn's legendary Pokémon in action, y'know!"
"Oh, Brendan. So eager to be defeated, as usual." Amy laughed, getting into a more battle-ready position. "I don't wanna see you holding back just because I'm only using five Pokémon!"
Brendan flashed her a wide smile and mimicked her stance. "Hold back? As if! We're gonna give you everything we've got! Go, Sceptile!"